International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme

THE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE

The International Baccalaureate (IB) offers high quality programmes of international education to a worldwide community of schools. There are more than 872,000 IB students at 3,070 schools in 139 countries.

The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme

Widely recognized as the finest education a student can receive in the final two years of schooling, the Diploma Programme (IBDP) for students aged 16 to 19 is a challenging and balanced two-year curriculum leading to final examinations and a qualification that is welcomed by leading universities around the world.

The Diploma Programme encourages international-mindedness and a positive attitude to learning; it helps students in Year 11 and Year 12 develop the intellectual, personal, emotional and social skills to live, learn and work in a rapidly globalizing world. The focus is on a positive attitude to learning - our students are encouraged to ask challenging questions, to critically reflect, to develop research skills, and to learn how to learn.

Cita Hati Christian Senior School was the first school in East Java to offer the IB Diploma Programme, it has successfully completed the IB Five Year Review quality control process, and is an authorized IB World School.

The curriculum for the IB Diploma Programme

The Diploma Programme Curriculum contains six subject groups (illustrated by a hexagon) together with a central core made up of three separate parts.

Students study six subjects selected from the subject groups. Normally three subjects are studied at Higher Level (240 hours of study), and the remaining three subjects are studied at Standard Level (150 hours of study); this enables students to explore some subjects in greater depth and some more broadly over the two year period.

Students must choose one subject from each of Group 1 to Group 5, thus ensuring breadth of experience in languages, social studies, the experimental sciences and mathematics. The sixth subject may be an arts subject chosen from Group 6, or the student may choose another subject from Group 1 to Group 5.

In exceptional circumstances, application may be made for candidates to study for a 'Non-Regular' Diploma, and choose three Sciences - Physics, Chemistry, and Biology- from Group 4, in which case they will not choose any subject from Group 3 or Group 6.

In special circumstances, students may be permitted to study for IB Certificates alone, without enrolling in the full Diploma.

The IBDP subjects currently taught at Cita Hati are:-

Group 1: Language A1 = Indonesian (HL/SL), English (HL/SL); Group 2: Second Language = English (HL/SL), Indonesian (HL/SL/B); Group 3: Individuals and Societies = Business and Management (HL/SL), Psychology (HL/SL), Information Technology in a Global Society (HL/SL), Environmental Systems and Societies (SL); Group 4: Experimental Sciences = Biology (HL/SL), Chemistry (HL/SL), Physics (HL/SL), Environmental Systems and Societies (SL); Group 5: Mathematics and Computer Science = Mathematics (HL/SL); Group 6: The Arts = Visual Arts (HL/SL), Theatre (HL/SL)

In addition the programme has three core requirements that further broaden the educational experience and challenge students to apply their knowledge and understanding. All three parts of the core - Extended Essay, Theory of Knowledge and Creativity, Action, Service - are compulsory and are central to the philosophy of the Diploma Programme.

Extended Essay (EE) offers the opportunity to investigate a topic of individual interest and acquaints students with the independent research and writing skills expected at university. 

Theory of Knowledge (TOK) is an interdisciplinary course that critically examining different ways of knowing (perception, emotion, language and reason) and different kinds of knowledge (scientific, artistic, mathematical and historical).

Creativity, Action, Service (CAS) balances out the academic requirements of the Diploma Programme. Participation in Cita Hati School’s CAS programme encourages students to be involved in artistic pursuits, sports and community service work thereby fostering their awareness and appreciation of life outside the academic arena by participating in real tasks beyond the classroom. 

Assessment

Students take written examinations at the end of the programme which are marked by external IB examiners; students also complete assessment tasks in the school which are either initially marked by teachers and then moderated by external moderators or sent directly to external examiners.

The Diploma is awarded to students who gain at least 24 points (subject to certain minimum levels of performance across the programme) and complete the creativity, action and service requirement. The highest total that a Diploma Programme student can be awarded is 45 points.

Further information

The IBDP is a popular choice for Year 11 and Year 12 students at Cita Hati, with numbers in the Programme doubling each year.

If you’d like to find out more about the IBDP at Cita Hati Christian Senior School contact the International Curriculum Coordinator at ib_coordinator@bchati.sch.id; for information about International Baccalaureate programmes visit the IB website at http://www.ibo.org/ .